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So you think you know your fashion? Can you anticipate which designers will get the most press in magazines? Can you tell which celebrity clothing lines will likely enjoy long-term success and which ones will flop? Do you know which designer dress Nicole Kidman will wear to next year's Oscars? If you are on the fashion ball, so to speak, and want to test your skills against other clothing and accessories fanatics, then you must check out the Fantasy Fashion League.

What is the Fantasy Fashion League? Well, it works like most fantasy sports leagues. Instead of choosing athletes, however, you choose big players in the fashion world. Participants in the Fantasy Fashion League can "draft" designers in six different categories: Fashion Designers, Celebrity Fashion Designers, Shoe Designers, Handbag Designers, Jewelry Designers, and finally, Celebrities. Then you score points based on how many times the designers you choose get mentioned in fashion circles, on television, and in magazines. So for example, if you pick Vera Wang as your designer, Kate Spade as your handbag designer, and Renee Zellweger as your celebrity, you would score major points if Zellweger shows up at the Oscars wearing a Vera Wang gown and holding a Kate Spade clutch. You even get points if the celebrity mentions the designer's name during red carpet interviews.

I think this is a pretty interesting concept and would probably be a lot of fun for people who love fashion. Every sport has hundreds of fantasy leagues associated with them, and the members of these fantasy leagues are predominantly men. Now this Fantasy Fashion League seems to be something primarily for women to enjoy. While our husbands or boyfriends are pouring over the latest baseball and basketball stats, we can read Vogue and call it research!

I am not a member of the league myself, so I can't speak as to how it really works versus how it is theoretically supposed to work. After a quick perusal of the rules on the website, it looks like there are a lot of publications and websites that must be monitored for the scoring aspect of the game. It seems like a ton of hard work for whoever has to do that. Another thing I wonder about is how they will know which designer made the outfits for all the celebrities at the Oscars. Sure, it's easy to tell when the stars are on the red carpet giving interviews, or when you read about it in People Magazine, but what about all the other celebrities who don't get interviewed? I'm not saying it can't be done; I'm sure it can. I'm just wondering how. Maybe these people who are so interested in fashion can tell at a glance who designed what!

Anyway, if this seems like something you want to try, you can visit the Fantasy Fashion League website at www.fantasyfashionleague.com. Right now they are offering a $1000 shoe shopping spree as their grand prize for the overall winner. That's pretty good, considering the sign-up fee is only $18.